The rapture, Bible articles on the Rapture,
the second coming of Christ, Bible verses scriptures prophecy on the second
coming, the rapture. What is the Rapture? Bible messages and sermons Pastor Max
Solbrekken

What
does the Bible have to say about the end times? Does the Bible warn us
that there will be signs that the end is near and that the return of
Jesus Christ is drawing closer?

These
are common questions which many people have and as we watch the news and
see the
many disasters world wide, wars, nation turning against nation, hatred
and unrest, we realize the world is in a crisis that seems to grow worse
each day. What will happen next?

SIGNS
OF THE END TIMES

“I
will go and return to My place, til they acknowledge their offence, and
seek My face; in their affliction they will seek Me early."
“Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will
bind us up. After two days will He revive us: in the third day He will
raise us up, and we shall live in His sight.” (Hosea 5:15; 6:1-2)

This
is one of the most significant scriptures in the entire Bible dealing
with the end times and the ‘Second Coming’ or rapture.

Thousands
of years ago, the Old Testament prophet pin-pointed the sins of the
Jewish nation in: No. 1 - breaking the Mosaic Covenant and
No. 2 - the
rejection of their Messiah, as well as their terrible suffering and
return to God in repentance and faith in the last days!

FOR
2000 YEARS THE CHURCH HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THE RETURN OF JESUS
CHRIST IN THE SECOND COMING

For
nearly two thousand years, the Church of Jesus Christ has lived in the
hope of His promised return. Old Testament prophets HAD FORETOLD IN
DETAIL the time and place of His virgin birth, His sinless life, His
miraculous ministry, His vicarious death and His glorious resurrection.
They also prophesied His second advent and triumphant millennial reign.

WHY
HAVE JEWISH PEOPLE SUFFERED SO MUCH OVER THE YEARS?

THE
UNDERLYING REASON for the terrible suffering, pain and sorrows meted out
to the Jews over centuries and millennia, is because they broke the
covenant Moses made with God on their behalf.

If
you doubt that, read the 28th chapter of Deuteronomy which details the
blessings of God upon Israel if they keep the covenant (Deuteronomy 1-14) and the
curses of God upon Israel if they break the covenant (Deuteronomy 15-68).

THE
SECOND REASON - which accounts for only a limited period of ‘one
generation’ - is that the Jewish people rejected their Messiah.

Jesus
stated, “Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and
scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them
shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to
city: THAT UPON YOU (only that specific generation which rejected Jesus
as their Messiah, not subsequent generations!) may come all the righteous
blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the
blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and
the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this
generation.

“O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them
which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children
together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye
would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto
you, Ye shall not see Me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is He
that cometh in the name of the Lord. (Matthew 23:34-39)

Please
Note:The rejection of the Messiah was only the tip of the iceberg in a long
list of “killing the prophets & stoning them that have been sent to
you

As
a matter of fact, the crucifixion of Jesus was not included in the reason
for God’s judgment upon them. Jesus specified the blood shed from Abel
to Zacharias. He did not mention His own blood.

For
centuries, the Roman Catholic Church as well as some Protestant Churches
said the Jewish race was cursed because of their rejection &
condemnation of Jesus Christ which culminated in His crucifixion by the
Romans!

That
teaching was terribly flawed and became a tool which was used to
denigrate & destroy Jewish people! For centuries, Jews were called
Christ-killers and only recently has the Roman Catholic Church renounced
that evil, devilish doctrine! It’s almost bizarre that the Roman
Catholic Church would call Jews by that terrible name, since it was
Italians (Romans) who crucified our Lord. Yet no one thought of calling
Italians, ‘Christ-killers’!

The
teaching I refer to is, that the reason for Jewish suffering is because
they made a deal with Governor Pontius Pilate, saying: “Let His blood
be upon us and upon our children”. (Matthew 27:25)

Let
me make myself abundantly clear on this point: It is impossible for the
blood of Jesus to harm anyone or bring any curse upon Jews or anyone
else! The Blood of Jesus brings only forgiveness, healing and
eternal life. It cannot bring a curse. (1 John 1:7; Col. 1:20)

I
repeat: Israel’s grievous sin of breaking their covenant with God is
the primary reason for their suffering.

The
Bible says, “But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto
the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all His commandments and
His statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall
come upon thee, and overtake thee: The LORD shall send upon thee cursing,
vexation, and rebuke...until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish
quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast
forsaken Me.

The
LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until He have consumed
thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. The LORD shall
smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an
inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with
blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou
perish."

“The
LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and
with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. The
LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of
heart...Moreover He will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which
thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

Also
every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of
this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of
heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the
LORD thy God...and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou
goest to possess it. And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people,
from the one end of the earth even unto the other...

“And
the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships...and there ye
shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man
shall buy you.” (Deuteronomy 15, 20-22, 27-29, 59-64, 68)

It
is of vital importance for everyone to know that even though Moses -
God’s prophet & lawgiver - prophesied 2000 years earlier concerning
the blessings of keeping the covenant the Jewish people had
made with the Almighty (Deuteronomy 1-14) as well as the curses that would come upon them if
they broke the covenant (v. 15-68), his prophecy came to pass in the
minutest detail.

Verse
68 states that if they broke the Mosaic Covenant, they would be taken
back to Egypt - as slaves - in ships. It stated further, that no man
would buy them. Here are the brutal facts: After General Titus had
destroyed Jerusalem in A.D. 70, killing 1.1 million Jews in the siege,
89,000 Jews were taken to Egypt as slaves. There was such a hatred
against Jews, that it was below the dignity of any Roman to own a Jewish
slave. Among our nations, only Egypt would take Jews as slaves! That’s
how perfectly true God’s prophetic Word is!

WHO
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST?

Jesus
was born to die! (1 Corinthians 15:3; Romans 5:7-8; 1 John
3:8) He was ordained to be the propitiation for our sins, in order to
satisfy the DEMANDS OF DIVINE JUSTICE (Romans 3:25; 1 John 2:2; 4:10)
He
was crucified by the foreknowledge of God. (Acts 2:23)

Although
God used Judas, a human instrument to betray our Lord, the Jewish leaders
to unjustly condemn Him to death and the Romans to do the terrible deed,
it was according to God’s will, plan & purpose. (Romans 8:32)

IN
FACT, IT WAS GOD THE FATHER WHO LAID THE STRIPES UPON HIM AND SMOTE HIM.
I never fully understand God’s love, until it was revealed to me during
a crusade in Kenya. When He showed me His great love, I wept for 3 days
and nights! Here are the scriptures that touched my heart, and I pray
they will also minister to you.

“He
that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall
He not with Him also freely give us all things.” (Romans 8:28)

St.
Paul declared that God’s love is so great that He did not spare His
only Son but turned Him over to murderers and gangsters (delivered Him
up) to be humiliated, tortured & crucified on the “cursed tree”
for us.

And
since Jesus paid the ultimate price by making the supreme sacrifice for
us, God will freely give us whatever Jesus’ death & resurrection
has provided, since He is seated - even now - on God’s right hand as
our Saviour, Redeemer & Advocate.

Not
only did our Heavenly Father deliver up His Son to die, HE ALSO LAID OUR
SINS AND SICKNESSES UPON HIM (Isaiah 53:4-6; Matthew 8:16-17; 1 Peter
2:24). God’s love regarding our salvation was so intense that He
rejoiced when Jesus suffered & bled for us. The Bible says, “Yet it
pleased the Lord to bruise Him. He hath put him to grief”. (Isaiah
53:10)

THERE
IS MUCH BITTERNESS IN OLDER JEWISH PEOPLE & UNBELIEF IN THE
YOUNG

The
‘children of Israel’ suffered terribly for thousands of years, from
the time of the Babylonian captivity until Hitler’s holocaust! This
suffering continued under the cruel yoke of Soviet Communism for decades
more. Since the coming of glasnost and perestroika and the dissolution of
the ‘Evil Empire’ in 1991, however, hundreds of thousands of these
precious people have immigrated to Israel.

In
my dealings with older Jewish people, I HAVE DISCERNED MUCH BITTERNESS
TOWARD CHRISTIANS, GOD AND LIFE IN GENERAL, because of the treatment
their forbears received at the hands of cruel Papal armies during the
Middle Ages. That is understandable because the evil, unholy acts carried
out by that religious denomination were done in the name of Jesus Christ.

In
order for Jewish people, however, to come to the knowledge of the truth
and be saved, they must - like everyone else - stop blaming other people
for their own problems.

The
Bible says, “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not
one...for there is no difference: For all have sinned and come (fallen)
short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:10-23)

“For
there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord
over all is rich unto all that call upon Him. For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:9-13)

“Where
there is neither Greek nor Jew...But he that doeth wrong shall receive
for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.”
(Colossians 3:11, 24-25)

THERE
IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JEWS AND GENTILES. ALL HAVE SINNED AND ALL NEED
A SAVIOUR. AND JESUS CHRIST IS THAT SAVIOUR

The
truth is, that only Jesus Christ can forgive and save lost humanity! He
alone has the power to forgive sins, remove fear and condemnation and
give peace to troubled hearts and minds, having defeated death, hell and
the grave and purchased full salvation for all who receive Him as Lord
and Saviour!

WHY
IS THIS? Only Jesus Christ qualifies as the Saviour of the world, because
He shed His precious blood as the sacrificial ‘pascal lamb’ on Mount
Calvary and died as our substitute, according to the Old Testament
Scriptures! (Romans 1:4)

A
very great injustice has been done to Christianity in general, however,
and the Church of the Living God, in particular, because of recent
books, articles and statements made by a few Jewish authors, linking the
horrible beliefs of Adolf Hitler and Nazism to the teachings of the
Christian Church.

The
very vocal and totally unfair books and statements made by prejudiced,
liberal Protestant authors who attack Christianity and the teachings of
St. Paul, employing the same biased linkage.

The
totally unfair, prejudiced and accusatory film "Anti-Semitism"
of the United States Holocaust Museum which lays blame for the Holocaust,
on the teachings of Christianity.

MANY
JEWISH PEOPLE FEEL GOD DESERTED THEM BECAUSE OF THE HOLOCAUST

A
recent report by ‘Christianity Today’ states: “Now, a group of
prominent Jews has accused the United States Holocaust Museum....of
misleading the public by blaming Hitler’s genocidal program on historic
Christian beliefs about Jews. “The film paints with a broad brush.
A
dull voice intones disconnected facts and quotations that leave the
viewer believing that anti-Jewish bias is the result of Christian
influence on the Roman Empire, that it has been Christian society alone
that has marginalized and oppressed Jews, and that Nazi racial prejudice
against the Jews was in clear continuity with earlier religious
prejudice. The Anti-Judaism that preceded Christianity and that had long
existed outside Europe, is ignored."

The
New York Times quoted Joan Brown Campbell, general secretary of the
National Council of Churches as saying, “If you look at the Nazi
regime, you can see in it the philosophy of Christian superiority."

‘Christianity
Today’ points out how inaccurate that statement is, “ignoring Nazi
beliefs about the defects in historic Christianity”. And ironically,
Campbell made that statement in an interview where she downplayed the
awful persecution, suffering and torture inflicted upon Christians around
the world today.

Incidentally,
it is a Jewish Barrister, Michael Horowitz who is awakening clergymen and
politicians alike to the horrible persecution, torture, enslavement and
other atrocities being carried out against Christians by many governments
in the world today.

In
her book, ‘Faith and Fraticide’, Rosemary Radford Ruether, called
upon Christians to abandon the belief that Jesus is the Saviour for
everyone in favor of the notion that Jesus is the saviour of some while
others will have their own ‘saviours’, stated the ‘Christianity
Today’ article.

MANY
JEWISH PEOPLE ARE OPENING THEIR HEARTS TO THEIR MESSIAH

A
great awakening however, is happening today among the Jewish people.
Their hearts are opening to their Messiah as He prophesied!

Hundreds
of years before His first coming, the Jewish Messiah stated that He would
“GO AND RETURN TO MY PLACE” referring to Heaven, until the Jewish
people acknowledge their offence (sin) and seek My face. They are doing
that now.

In
1971, I conducted a Gospel crusade in the YMCA building in Jerusalem.
We
distributed 10,000 handbills there as well as carried ads in the
‘Jerusalem Post’. Many Arabs, Roman Catholics, Greek Orthodox and
Protestants attended the crusade, but only a miniscule number of Jews came to our
meeting.

Even
20 years ago, you couldn’t find more than 100 born again Christian
Jewish believers in Israel. Today, there are more than 70,000
Jewish believers in 90
different congregations in that nation.

HOW
DID THAT HAPPEN? The ‘Law of the Return’ opened the door for any
Jewish person with at least one Jewish grandparent, to immigrate to
Israel. About 750,000 Jewish people returned from Eastern Europe and several hundred
thousands from South America. Some of these were believers in Jesus
Christ and they brought the gospel (the good news) with them to the land
of the Bible.

Hosea
states that they will recognize their grave error and with repentant
hearts return to the Lord, realizing that God had to punish their
forefathers for breaking the Mosaic Covenant, and for rejecting their
Messiah!

Notice,
they will say, “Come, let us return unto the Lord: for He hath torn,
and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up”. Then the
prophet interjects something very important - A TIME-DATE LINE! “After
two days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, and we
shall live in His sight”. (Hosea 6:1-2)

What
does this mean? THE LORD GOD WILL RESTORE THE JEWS THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE
AND JERUSALEM WILL BECOME MOST IMPORTANT CITY ON EARTH

The
Word of God interprets itself and we read in 2 Peter 3:8-9: “But,
beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord
as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day”.

SIGNS
OF THE END TIMES REVOLVE AROUND ISRAEL,
JERUSALEM AND THE JEWISH NATION

As
I see it, the period of suffering for the Jewish nation is almost at an
end and the Lord God Almighty will restore them to their rightful place,
and JERUSALEM will become the most important city on earth.

It’s
about 2000 years since God’s judgment fell upon Israel and according to
St. Peter, “one day with our Lord is as a thousand years with us”.
The prophecy states, “After two days (2000 years) will He (the Lord)
revive us (bring us back to life) and in the third day He will raise us
up, and we shall live in His sight".

Without
doubt, this refers to the ‘Millennial Reign of Christ’, which will be
one thousand years of peace upon earth with Jesus Christ, the Jewish
Messiah, ruling from Jerusalem.

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SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF
THE END TIMESWhat
does the Bible say?by: Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.

There
are four significant signs that show us where we stand today in relation
to then end times and our Lord’s soon return, namely:

The
Sick Condition of our PlanetThe
Sick Condition of the WorldThe
Sick Condition of IsraelThe
Sick Condition of the Church

SIGN
#1 - THE SICK CONDITION OF OUR PLANET

Mankind is groaning under the terrible weight of sin and condemnation.
Satan - the enemy of God and man - has bound the human race with shackles
of rebellion, unbelief, fear, torment, lust, greed, hatred and
perversion! It was Adam’s acquiescence to the Evil One’s lying
temptation that brought sickness and death (spiritual and physical) upon
the human race.

The
Bible states: “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for
the manifestation of the sons of God. For
the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of
Him who hath subjected the same in hope. Because
the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For
we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together
until now."

“And
not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the
adoption, to wit (that is to say), the redemption of our body.” (Romans
8:19-23)

People
everywhere are waiting for the ‘MANIFESTATION OF THE SONS OF GOD’!
What does that mean? Six billion people are looking for an escape from
the emptiness, fear, torment, sickness and bondage in which they live.

THE
ENTIRE WORLD IS WAITING FOR US - GOD’S CHILDREN TO BE SO FILLED WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WE CAN FREE THEM FROM THE TYRANNY AND LIES OF THE
DEVIL AND HIS EMISSARIES.

Don’t
believe for a moment, that the millions lost in sin and bound by evil
spirits of occultism, superstition, false religion, satanic oppression
and sexual perversion are happy in that state! No one enjoys being in
slavery to witchcraft, fear, torment and evil spirits.

Oh,
some are sufficiently deceived to live in a fool’s paradise having
convinced themselves that everything is A-Okay, but the opposite is true.
If everything is all right, why do so many rock musicians die of drug
overdoses and commit suicide? Why do many Hollywood stars die of
alcoholism, suicide and drug overdoses? And why
do wealthy, successful people - who seem to have everything going for
them - take their own lives?

The
Bible says, “But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot
rest, bringing forth mire and dirt. There is no peace saith my God to the
wicked”. (Isaiah 57:20-21)

Our
enemy is not flesh and blood, but Satan himself and all his demons that
tempt, deceive, coerce, inhibit, afflict, torment, steal and kill!
Our
battle is with the devil - not with human beings, however he does use
people to do his bidding! The devil must have his emissaries &
ministers, to do his evil work.

And
what of the Hindu extremists constantly fighting the Muslims in India and
the Seiks battling the Hindus? And the (political) ungodly Roman Catholic
IRA killing the (political) ‘Christian-in-name-only’ Protestants and
vice versa?

And
if the pagan are so happy in their religious life, why are there so many
‘holy jihads’? Two examples: Muslim Iran against Muslim Iraq in a
seven year war that saw one million men die, and at present Islamic
extremists terrorizing and butchering hundreds of their own people in
Algeria?

THEY
DO NOT KNOW GOD and have not been changed by His mighty power. Anyone
who has been converted to Christ, being born again by the Word of God and
the Holy Spirit, would certainly not be waging ‘holy wars’ against
their fellowmen. The only warfare that we are commanded to fight is the
‘Good Fight of Faith’"

HOW
DO WE FIGHT THE DEVIL?

The
Bible says, “Satan, your adversary, goeth about like a roaring lion,
seeking who he may devour, whom resist in the faith...” (1 Peter 5:9)
We resist him by serving Jesus to the best of our ability; by living a
holy and righteous life, preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, healing
the sick and casting our devils!

The
Scripture says, “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but
mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down
imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the
knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the
obedience of Christ;” (2 Corinthians 10:4-5)

In
our search for more land to conquer, new technologies to improve our
living standards, and the pursuit or more wealth, man has engaged in
wars, enslavement, violence and pollution which has raped our
environment, land, water and air.

Our
Planet is groaning under the terrible weight of the awful harvest of
mankind’s sins of rebellion, greed, hatred, violence and slavery!

In
the beginning, after the fall of our first parents, THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE
was plunged into sin, fear, sickness & death! God immediately placed
a curse upon the earth - “And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast
harkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which
I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground
for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life”.
(Genesis 3:17)

OUR
PLANET is struggling to stay alive and is groaning under this burden! The
‘second law of thermodynamics’ began after the fall and continues
today with aging, deterioration and decay. Only the return of Jesus
Christ will salvage the earth. Mankind will not be allowed to destroy the
earth, but will be punished for defiling and polluting it, as is
prophesied in the last book of the Bible.

THE
BIBLE SAYS, “And the nations were angry, and Thy wrath is come, and the
time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that Thou shouldest
give reward unto Thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them
that fear Thy name, small and great; And shouldest destroy them which
destroy the earth.” (Revelation 11:18)

God
will have the last word and will judge polluters! If you want a good
example of this, look at the former Soviet Union which polluted the land,
sea and air and after raping the environment, ended up totally bankrupt.

JESUS
CHRIST MUST RETURN IN ORDER TO SAVE US FROM OUR OWN DESTRUCTIONS, SO THAT
HE CAN REIGN ON THIS EARTH FOR 1000 YEARS OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY.

Believers in Jesus Christ, like St. Paul, are waiting for the moment
when we can be free from the limitations of our weak, carnal flesh and to
be glorified (in the next life) to forever be in Heaven with Jesus Christ
and all the redeemed from all ages! WE WILL THEN RECEIVE A RESURRECTED
BODY WITHOUT THE LIMITATIONS WE HAVE TODAY.

The
Bible says, “And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the
firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
waiting for the adoption, to wit (that is to say), the redemption of our
body.” (Romans 8:23)

Eternity
will be a joyful time of peace and glory as we live eternally in Heaven
with our Lord Jesus Christ and all the redeemed from every nation, tongue
and people of all ages"

“And
I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of
many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia:
for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and
give honour to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife
hath made herself ready."

“And
to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and
white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith
unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage
supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of
God.” (Revelation 19:6-9)

SIGN
#2 - THE SICK CONDITION OF THE WORLD

The
Bible says, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the
world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the
will of God abideth for ever.” (1 John 2:15-17)

These
are Satan’s three knockout-punches which he uses to tempt the
“children of men”, namely: 1) the lust of the eyes 2) the lust of
the flesh and 3) the pride of life.

Satan
used these three temptations on Eve with great success. “And when the
woman saw that the tree was good for food (lust of the flesh), and that
it was pleasant to the eyes (lust of th eyes), and a tree to be desired
to make one wise (the pride of life), she took of the fruit thereof, and
did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”
(Gen. 3:6)

King
David fell under this temptation also: He saw a beautiful woman taking a
bath in the privacy of her garden (the lust of the eyes). He desired her
and sent for her, committing adultery (the lust of the flesh). HE FELL
AFTER ONLY TWO STRIKES

JESUS
DEFEATED HIM TOTALLY

It
was a different story when Satan used his time-tested strategy on our
Lord Jesus Christ. He withstood the temptation and defeated the devil
each time he came with a new “trick up his sleeve".

After
Jesus had fasted 40 days, Satan said to Him: “Command that these stones
be made bread.” (the lust of the flesh) Jesus answered, “It is
written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God."

The
devil tried again: “If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for
it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in
their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot
against a stone. (the pride of life) Jesus answered, “It is written
again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.” IN OTHER WORDS, GOD
DOESN’T CLOWN FOR ANYBODY.

Finally,
Satan showed Jesus all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time and
said: “All these things will I give thee (pride of life), if thou wilt
fall down and worship me.” WHAT A DESPICABLE, ARROGANT, EGOTIST SATAN
IS! Jesus rebuffed him immediately with the Word of God saying, “Get
thee hence, Satan (enemy): for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord
thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.” (Matt. 4:1-11)

SATAN
HAD TO LEAVE HIM, THEN

The
Bible affirms that Satan is “the god of this world” and “the spirit
which now worketh in the children of the disobedience”. (John 12:31;
Ephesians 2:2) He is the world’s greatest liar and the father of lies
and a murderer extra-ordinaire (John 8:44))

The
whole world lies in the lap of the wicked one (1 John 5:19) and he
“goeth about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter
5:8). We however, can “resist him in the faith and he will flee from
us”. (1 Peter 5:9; James 4:7)

The
Bible records that Demos was swayed by the bright lights of Thessalonica
and forsook Paul, “having loved this present world” (2 Timothy 4:10).
And St. John commends the young men in the Church for overcoming the
wicked one! (1 John 2:13)

ST.
PAUL WARNED OF THE TOTAL DETERIORATION OF MORALITY, DECENCY AND FAIRNESS
IN THE LAST DAYS. DECADENCE & PERVERSION WILL RULE JUST PRIOR TO OUR
LORD’S RETURN, STATED THE APOSTLE! AS WE READ THE PROPHECY WE FEEL
SADDENED BY THE RESEMBLANCE OF OUR PRESENT AGE TO THE PROPHETIC WORD OF
GOD.

“This
know also, that IN THE LAST DAYS PERILOUS TIMES SHALL COME. For men shall
be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection,
trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those
that are good.

“Traitors,
heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a
form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”
(2 Timothy 3:1-5)

“Now
the Spirit speaketh expressly, that IN THE LATTER TIMES SOME SHALL DEPART
FROM THE FAITH, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of
devils;” (1 Timothy 4:1) “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful
works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to
speak of those things which are done of them in secret.” (Ephesians
5:11-12) “Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which
walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have
told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies
of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their
belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) For
our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour,
the Lord Jesus Christ:” (Philippians 3:17-20)

Interjected
among the reports of hypocrisy, backsliding & gross moral evils, St.
Paul interjects the Blessed Hope of the Return of Jesus Christ.

“For
our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour,
the Lord Jesus Christ."

Our
thoughts, actions, prayers, plans, goals and complete agenda here, is
tied to Heaven’s plans, purposes and desires. We belong to His heavenly
kingdom and labour first and foremost for Christ.

Why
is this so important? Only our Blessed Jesus Christ has the mandate,
power & desire to straighten out this wicked world. Therefore we wait
for Him to come.

PERVERSION
VYING FOR RESPECTABILITY

Jesus
prophesied that the time will come, “that whosoever killeth you will
think that he doeth God service”. (John 16:2)

And
the prophet stated, “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil;
that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for
sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own
eyes...Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the
righteousness of the righteous from him!” (Is. 5:20-23)

St.
Paul expounded, “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are
lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which
believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the
image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but
Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.” (2
Corinthians 4:3-5)

That
this WORLD IS EVIL AND PERVERTED is no secret! The world system that
despises that which is good and glorifies that which is EVIL is a product
of Satanic invention, since he is the “god of this world”.

Again
Paul declares that Jesus Christ “gave Himself for our sins, that He
might deliver us from this present evil world (age), according to the
will of God and our Father”. (Galatians 1:4)

SIGN #3 - THE SICK CONDITION OF ISRAEL

ISRAEL
IS VULNERABLE FACING ATTACKS FROM EVERY DIRECTION

At
this moment in history, Israel is very vulnerable because of the pressure
placed upon them by the nations of the world to give up land for peace.And
the United States - who traditionally has been their friend, is turning
the screws the hardest of all.

Eventually,
Israel will succumb to all this pressure and give away so much land that
they will be unable to defend themselves. Sometime in the future, Israel
will be deceived into accepting the Antichrist as their Messiah and will
suffer terribly because of that. Referring to this, our Lord said to the
Jewish leaders,

“I
am come in My Father's name, and ye receive Me not: if another (the
anti-Christ) shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.” (John
5:43

The
Jewish leaders rejected Jesus Christ Who came to save them in His
Father’s Name. When Antichrist comes in his own name, they will receive
him!

WHAT
A SAD & TRAGIC COMMENTARY ON WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN!

My
guess is that Iraq will eventually be reduced in power after the United
States and her allies are finished with her. Then undoubtedly, Iran will
pick up the pieces and gobble up Iraq (and possibly Syria) and control
all the oil flow in the Middle East! (Ezekiel 38 & 39)

GOD'S
WORD STATES THAT RUSSIA WILL RISE UP AGAIN IN GREAT POWER AND LEAD THE
MARCH AGAINST ISRAEL

Iran
will then be the dominant power in the area, with the USA and Israel
giving in to their demands! According to God’s Word, Russia will rise
in great power again and lead the march against Israel!

The
prophet Ezekiel declared that Iran (Persia) together with Ethiopia, Libya
& Turkey will march against Israel in the great battle of ‘Gog and
Magog’.

GOD
WILL FIGHT FOR ISRAEL AND DEFEND HER

GOD
WILL FIGHT FOR ISRAEL AND DEFEND HER! A great slaughter will
unfortunately take place however, before God’s chosen people come to
their senses. They will ultimately receive their long awaited Messiah
Jesus Christ, when He returns n the Second Coming of Jesus Christ in
power and great glory at the end of the age!

Jesus
Christ will then rule and reign for 1000 years of peace upon planet
earth, as King of kings and Lord of lords!

SIGN #4 - THE SICK CONDITION OF THE CHURCH

Celebrated
Canadian writer, Peter Newman exposes the weaknesses in our churches and
outlines wherein and how we have failed to communicate the Gospel to our
children, grandchildren and our neighbours.

In
his recent book, ‘The Canadian Revolution’ Peter Newman chronicles
the free-fall of the United Church of Canada’s membership as well as
their influence in society during the past three decades.

Newman
writes, “The United Church, formed in 1925 through a union of
Methodists, Presbyterians and Congregationalists, suffered the steepest
decline. Three million Canadians declared their United Church affiliation
to the latest census takers but less than 380,000 bothered going to
church. Although the most liberal of the mainstream congregations,
allowing for the ordination of gay priests and promoting the social
gospel, the United Church found itself paradoxically unable to attract
the young.”

A
footnote says, “An increasingly typical event was the closing, during
the fall of 1994, of Chalmers United Church in downtown Vancouver. There
wasn’t a single member left on its congregational rolls who was less
than 80 years old.”

For
years, University of Lethbridge sociologist Reginald Bibby has tracked
the religious life of Canadians. In his book ‘Unknown Gods’ , Bibby
states: “Tragically, religious groups are failing in what appear to be
spiritually prosperous times. The churches are inept religious companies
that cannot get the faith out of the ware house …The news is that
interest and intrigue persist, in spite of the problems of organized
religion. The result may be a very sizable, ongoing spiritual vacuum.”

The
Anglican Church, according to the census has 2.2 million members with
784,000 active adherents. Addressing the church synod in 1994, Archbishop
Peter O’Driscoll warned: “In the next ten to fifteen years the
largest age group in the present Anglican Church of Canada will be dead.
At the end of two generations, there won’t be enough people to say
there’s still an Anglican Church alive in this country.”

HOW
SAD AND TRAGIC!

While
the Anglican Church lost 250,000 members from 1981 to 1991, and the
United Church lost 665,000 members during that same period - that’s 10
% and 20 % respectively - the Pentecostal Church grew by 100,000
adherents and the Christian & Missionary Alliance doubled in size!

The
November,1965 issue of Canada’s Revival Magazine, ‘Cry of His
Coming’ carried the following prophetic headline: 1965 UNITED CHURCH
NEW CURRICULUM SETS STAGE FOR MORE APOSTACY! MODERATOR REV. HOWSE DENIES
PHYSICAL RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST !

In
that article, this author wrote under the by-line, ‘THE GREAT FALLING
AWAY’ - St. Paul warns: “Let no man deceive you by any means, for
that day shall not come except there come a falling away first, and that
man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.” (2 Thess. 2:3)

The
‘Great Falling Away’ is Here Now- with entire denominations of
Christian Churches turning their backs on the Holy Scriptures, declaring
them fallible and contradictory. They despise the great truths of the
Bible, and exchange them for their own humanistic, man-made philosophies!

As
strange as this may seem, these reprobate preachers actually play-out the
exact role of ‘backsliding Israel’ in Old Testament times.

“For
My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me the fountain of
living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold
no water.” (Jeremiah 2:13)

HERE
IS A LIST OF THEIR BACKSLIDINGS!

They have violated the sanctity of the Holy Bible, discarding the eternal
truths of God’s Word. Man-made philosophies, secular humanism and
blatantly spurious doctrines have filled the void!

They rely
almost totally on man’s wisdom and carnal knowledge, having rejected
the wisdom that comes solely from the Holy Scriptures. This leaves them
incapable of making sound spiritual decisions!

They have
rejected the counsel of the Holy Spirit- divine paraclete- and draw their
inspiration from the teachings of others similarly deceived. Serious
decision making regarding spiritual matters and doctrine is therefore
prejudiced, flawed and compromised!

Their
emphasis is on good works, rather than the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for
our sins. The ‘social gospel’ they preach is devoid of the grace of
God and faith in the blood of Jesus Christ. Their ‘good works’
message offers only secular and political rhetoric to undo social
injustices, without a sound spiritual foundation.

They have
desecrated the Holy Scriptures by substituting their own verbiage instead
of the correct translation of the original Hebrew and Greek, in reference
to God Himself. These literary counterfeiters have unilaterally -without
any jurisdiction- decided to change the gender of Almighty God from
masculine (Father) to Mother. Instead of addressing God as He, they
refer to Him as She and the Lord Jesus is not the Son of God, but the
Child of God!

The
Word of God conclusively states: “This know also, that in the last days
perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves,
covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false
accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn
away.” (2 Timothy 3:1-5)

“Now
the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart
from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot
iron; Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them:
for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear
thee.” (1 Timothy 4:1-2, 16)

AN
URGENT WARNING ISSUED TO THOSE TAMPERING WITH GOD’S WORD

“Who
is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist,
that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same
hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father
also.

“Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God:
because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

“Hereby
know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ
is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit
of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now
already is it in the world.

“Whosoever
believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God... Who is he that
overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

“If
we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is
the witness of God which He hath testified of His Son. He that believeth
on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God
hath made Him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave
of His Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal
life, and this life is in His Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he
that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” (1 John 2:22-23; 4:1-3;
5:1, 4-5, 9-12)

WHAT
DOES THIS MEAN? SIMPLY THIS:

Anyone
who denies that Jesus Christ is God is a false teacher and an enemy of
God.

Every
spirit that confesses that ‘Jesus Christ is come in the flesh’ is of
God. Those who do not are of Satan and the Antichrist spirit!

WHAT
DOES THIS MEAN: “Jesus Christ is come in the flesh”?

There
are millions of babies born daily across the world. They are all born of
flesh & blood. They have all “come in the flesh”. That is no
miracle, but when God is incarnated in human flesh, that is a miracle. It
simply means that Jesus Christ was God in human flesh! God the Son came
down from Heaven, through the very miraculous and complex process of the
virgin birth!

God
the Holy Spirit placed within the virgin Mary’s womb a specially
created body for the Lord Jesus. He was begotten by the Holy Spirit and
born of a virgin woman without the aid of a human father. Jesus Christ -
true God & true man, in order to suffer and die for our sins and rise
again for our justification. ( )

“The
new United Church curriculum - now taught to thousands of children -
denies the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, leaving the inference that
Joseph or some other man was Jesus’ father. This would indicate that
His mother Mary was sinful and promiscuous, instead of a chaste virgin
and that Jesus Christ was not divine!

Have
you heard of such SACRILEGE? And this - not from an atheistic journal -
but from the official organ and pulpits of Canada’s largest Protestant
denomination!

That
same ‘curriculum’ calls the first eleven chapters of Genesis - which
deal with God’s marvelous creation, Noah and the flood - a fable or
myth! It denies the miracles in the Bible, rejects the physical
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and ridicules His ascension
and second coming!

Read
the blasphemous statements made by Rev. Ben Smilie- United Church
chaplain at the University of Saskatchewan, as chronicled by Regina
Leader Post’s Tom Jarvis in an article titled, ‘A MASSIVE
IRRELEVANCY’:

“The
Toronto Telegram printed it in full with the somewhat shocking passage in
large type which speaks of fundamentalist belief in “clay-made man, a
floating zoo, an amphibious-footed Jesus, a son of God who was a home
brew artist, and an ascension that looks like a Cape Kennedy
blast-off”.

Have
you heard of anything more blasphemous and anti-Christian, coming from
the pen of an ordained Protestant clergyman!

We’ll
let the moderator of the United Church speak for himself. The following
was carried by the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, June 5, 1965. ‘HOWSE SAYS
LITERAL BELIEVER IN BIBLE LACKS UNDERSTANDING’.

“The
moderator of the United Church of Canada says Christians who believe
literally in all of the ‘metaphors and imageries’ of the Bible
exhibit ‘lack of understanding’.

“The
Rt. Rev. Ernest Howse of Toronto, in an interview Thursday said that one
of the most significant religious trends today is the movement away from
‘medieval imagery and hypocrisy’.

“Dr.
Howse, who had been in Banff for a meeting of the United Church’s
Alberta Conference, said people should not take literally such events as
Christ’s physical resurrection and the virginity of Mary. The moderator
said the United Church’s new curriculum which allows for liberal
interpretation of the Bible, is ‘really nothing new at all’.

“There
is nothing in the curriculum which was not accepted when I was in College
thirty years ago. If people are shocked by it, then it is evident our
ministers have not been adequately teaching their congregations”.

NEW
MODERATOR: SAME OLD APOSTASY IN UNITED CHURCH!

Bill
Phipps probably learned ‘APOSTACY’ from professors, who were
themselves corrupted while in College! The new moderator of the United
Church is Rev. Bill Phipps - a little known Calgary pastor - who is
making big waves with his outspoken, irreverent and blasphemous remarks.
It appears that he has excelled in unlearning the basic, fundamental
doctrines of Christianity, in the tradition of the Rev. Howse and the
liberal theological College to which he referred!

‘AN
ACTIVIST MODERATOR IS ROCKING THE UNITED CHURCH’ -Edmonton Journal

In
a major news story carried across Canada in the Southam Press, Nov.1,
1997, Rev. Phipps made these statements: “I don’t believe Jesus is
the only way to God. I don’t believe he rose from the dead as a
scientific fact. I don’t know whether those thing happened. It’s an
irrelevant question.”

In
a follow-up article, the ‘Ottawa Citizen’ wrote: ‘CHURCH MODERATOR
A HERETIC, PROFESSOR SAYS’ - “The moderator of the United Church of
Canada is a heretic, says a professor of modern Christian history.

“A
heretic is defined as someone who chooses a doctrinal path other than
that of the church to which he belongs”, says John Stackhouse, of the
University of Manitoba.

“By
that standard, Rev. Bill Phipps “is a heretic according to the United
Church of Canada’s own standard of doctrine. He’s also a heretic in
generic Christian terms, because he denies the creeds that all Christians
have subscribed to, whether they’re Catholic, Protestant or Eastern
Orthodox.”

“In
interviews with media organizations, Phipps denied the divinity of
Christ, denied the reality of the resurrection as a historical fact, and
said he was unclear ‘The historic Church says there are such realities,
which are crucially important to human life,’ said Stackhouse, a former
president of the Canadian Evangelical Theological Association.”

THE
WHOLESALE BACKSLIDING OF CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS DURING THESE PAST THIRTY
YEARS, AND ESPECIALLY THE LAST DECADE, SIGNALS THE SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS
IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT THIS VERY CRUCIAL MOMENT IN HISTORY - THE TURN
OF THE CENTURY AND THE MILLENNIUM!

A
very sad commentary on the Church is found in Christ’s message to the
Church where He states:

“And
unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith
the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of
God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou
wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor
hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich,
and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that
thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I
counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be
rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame
of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that
thou mayest see.” (Rev. 3:14-18)

Again
He said, “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by
their fruits...

“...Wherefore
by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the
will of My Father which is in heaven...And then will I profess unto them,
I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” (Matt.
7:15-23)

Jesus
asked a very pertinent question: “...Nevertheless. When the son of man
cometh will He find faith on the earth?” The answer is “not very
much”! That is why He stated, “Strive to enter in at the straight
gate, for many, I say unto you will seek to enter and shall not be
able”. (Luke 13:24)

“Enter
ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way,
that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto
life, and few there be that find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14)

HOW
MUST WE PREPARE FOR THE END TIMES AND TO BE SURE WE ARE
READY FOR JESUS
CHRIST'S SOON RETURN IN THE SECOND COMING?

St.
Peter warned, “Make your calling and election sure...” (2 Peter 1:10)
It behooves each one to do a reality check to be absolutely certain that
you know Jesus Christ personally as your Lord & Saviour.

Remember
that Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose again from the dead for our
justification. Only He has the power to save you because He is the
Redeemer of the world.

Jesus
said, “I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by Me”. (John 14:6) “I am the door: by Me if any man
enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am
come that they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly.” (John 10:9-10)

The
Bible says, “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus;” (1 Tim. 2:5) “Neither is there salvation
in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)

St.
Paul declared, “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ
Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal
with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form
of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in
fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,
and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and
things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Phil. 2:5-11)

Jesus
Christ invites us to receive Him as personal Saviour and Lord with the
promise: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I
will give you rest.” (Matt. 11:28) And, “All that the Father giveth
me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast
out.” (John 6:37)

We
are warned: “But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that
bread, and drink of that cup.” (1 Corinthians 11:28) Amen.

Bible
Scriptures verses on end times,
last days, tribulation, Bible Prophecy(King
James Version)

Deuteronomy
4:30-35- (kjv) - When thou art in tribulation, and all these
things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn
to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

(For
the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee,
since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from
the one side of heaven as this great thing is, or hath been heard
like it:

Did
every people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of
the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

Or
hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of
another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by
war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by
great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you
in Egypt before your eyes? Unto thee it was shewed, that
thou mightest know that the Lord he is God: there is none else
beside him."

Judges
10:14
- (kjv) - Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them
deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

Matthew
13:21
- (kjv) - Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while:
for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word,
by and by he is offended.

John
16:33
- (kjv) - "These things, I have spoken unto you that in me ye
might have peace. "In the world ye shall have
tribulation, but be of good cheer. I have overcome the
world."

Romans
5:3-4
- (kjv) - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also; know
that tribulation worketh patience, And patience, experience; and
experience, hope, And hope maketh not ashamed: because the love of
God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given
unto us.

Ephesians
3:13
- (kjv) - Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations
for you, which is your glory.

2
Corinthians 1:4
- (kjv) - Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be
able to comfort them which are in any trouble by the comfort
wherewith we ourselves are comforted by God.

2
Corinthians 7:4
- (kjv) - Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my
glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful
in all our tribulation.

Revelation
7:14
- (kjv) - And I say unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to
me, These are they which came out of the great tribulation, and
have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the
Lamb.

1
John 5:13
- (kjv) - These
things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son
of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye
may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Matthew
7:13
- (kjv) - Enter
ye iin at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the
way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in
thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way,
that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Bible
Scriptures verses on end times
Bible prophecy, signs of end times, last days prophecy(King
James Version)

Hebrews
9:27 - (kjv)
- And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the
judgment:

John
5:24
- (kjv) - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word,
and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and
shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto
life.

John
6:50
- (kjv) - This
is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat
thereof, and not die.

Matthew
6:13 - (kjv) - And
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine
is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen.

Isaiah
57:15 - (kjv)
- For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity,
whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with
him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the
spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite
ones.

2
Thessalonians 1:9
- (kjv) - Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from
the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

Philippians
1:23
- (kjv) - For
I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be
with Christ; which is far better:

Romans
6:23 - (kjv) - For
the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Galatians
6:8 - (kjv)
- For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap
corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit
reap life everlasting.

Jeremiah
10:10
- (kjv) - But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God,
and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and
the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

Psalms
90:2
- (kjv) - Before
the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the
earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou
[art] God.

Psalms
72:17 - (kjv) - His
name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as
the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call
him blessed.

Psalms
41:13 - (kjv) - Blessed
[be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting.
Amen, and Amen.

Matthew
3:12 - Whose
fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and
gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff
with unquenchable fire.

Matthew
5:3 - Blessed
are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew
5:8 - Blessed
are the pure in heart for they shall see God.

Matthew
5:12 - Rejoice,
and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so
persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Matthew
5:20 - For
I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the
righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case
enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew
6:20 -But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor
steal.

Matthew
8:11 - And
I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and
shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom
of heaven.

Matthew
13:30 - Let
both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I
will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and
bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my
barn.

Matthew
13:43 -
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of
their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew
13:49 -
So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come
forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.

Matthew
18:10 -
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones: for I say
unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of
my Father which is in heaven.

Matthew
19:21 -
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that
thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in
heaven: and come and follow me.

Matthew
22:30 - For
in the resurrection they neither marry; nor are given in marriage,
but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Matthew
25:34 -
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world:

Matthew
25:46 - And
these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous
into life eternal.

Luke
10:20 -
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject
unto you, but rather rejoice, because your names are written in
heaven.

Luke
12:8-
Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him
shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.

Luke
12:32 -
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to
give you the kingdom.

Luke
12:33 -
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which
wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no
thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

Luke
15:6 - And
when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and
neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my
sheep which was lost.

Luke
15:7 - I
say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner
that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which
need no repentance.

Luke
15:10 -
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the
angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Luke
15:32 - It
was meet that we should make merry, and be glad for this thy
brother was dead, and is alive again, and was lost, and is found.

Luke
16:22 - And
it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the
angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was
buried;

Luke
20:34 - And
Jesus answering said unto them, The child of this world marry, and
are given in marriage:

Luke
20:35 - But
they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the
resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in
marriage:

Luke
20:36 -
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels;
and are the children of God, being the children of the
resurrection.

Luke
22:29 - And
I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;

Luke
22:30 -
That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on
thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luke
23:43 - And
Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be
with me in paradise.

John
5:28 -
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that
are in the graves shall hear his voice,

John
5:28-
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the
resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the
resurrection of damnation.

John
10:28 - And
I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

John
12:26 - If
any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall
also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

John
14:2 - In
my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would
have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

John
14:3 - And
if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and
receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

John
17:22 - And
the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be
one, even as we are one.

John
17:24 -
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me
where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given
me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

Acts
7:55 - But
he, being full of the Holy Ghost, look up steadfastly into heaven,
and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of
God,

Acts
7:56 - And
said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man
standing on the right hand of God.

Romans
5:17 - For
if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which
receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall
reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.

2
Corinthians 5:1
- For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens.

2
Corinthians 12:2 -
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the
body, I cannot tell, or whether out of the body, I cannot tell:
God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

2
Corinthians 2:3
- And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body,
I cannot tell: God knoweth;)

2
Corinthians 2:4 -
How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable
words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

Ephesians
1:18 - The
eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know
what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory
of his inheritance in the saints,

Colossians
1:5 - For
the hope which is laid up for you in heaven; whereof ye heard
before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

Colossians
1:6 - Which
is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth
fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and
knew the grace of God in truth.

Colossians
1:12 -
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be
partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.

Colossians
3:4 - When
Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear
with him in glory.

1
Thessalonians 2:12
- That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his
kingdom and glory.

1
Thessalonians 4:17
- Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall
we ever be with the Lord.

11
Thessalonians 1:7
- And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the
Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.

11
Thessalonians 2:14 -
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining the glory
of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews
10:34 - For
ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the
spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in
heaven a better and an enduring substance.

Hebrews
11:10 - For
he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and
maker is God.

Hebrews
11:16 - But
now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly : wherefore
God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared
for them a city.

Hebrews
12:22 - 24 - But
ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.To
the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are
written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits
of just men made perfect, And
to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

Hebrews
12:28 -
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us
have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably: with reverence
and godly fear.

Hebrews
13:14 - For
here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

1
Peter 1:4 -
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled; and that fadeth
not away, reserved in heaven for you,

2
Peter 1:11
- For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into
the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

2
Peter 3:13
- Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens
and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Revelation
2:7 - He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of
life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Revelation
3:21 - To
him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even
as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

Revelation
4:4 - And
round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the
seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white
raiment, and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

Revelation
5:9 - And
they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book,
and to open the seals thereof for thou wast slain, and hast
redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue,
and people, and nation.

Revelation
7:9 - After
this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could
number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,
stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white
robes, and palms in their hands.

Revelation
7:13-17 - And
one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which
are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And
I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These
are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed
their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and
night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell
among them. They
shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the
sun light on them, nor any heat. For
the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and
shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Revelation
14:1-3 -
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with
him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name
written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and
as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers
harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before
the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song
but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed
from the earth.

Revelation
15:2 - And
I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that
had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and
over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea
of glass, having the harps of God.

Revelation
21:1-5 -
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven
and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
And
I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out
of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And
I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle
of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be
his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
And
God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be
no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be
any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And
he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

Revelation
21:9 - And
there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the
seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me,
saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

Revelation
21:10 - And
he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and
shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of
heaven from God.

Revelation
21:11 -
Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most
precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

Revelation
21:18 - And
the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was
pure gold, like unto clear glass.

Revelation
21:19 - And
the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all
manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper,
the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcadony: the fourth, an
emerald:

Revelation
21:21 - And
the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one
pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were
transparent glass.

Revelation
21:22 - And
I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb
are the temple of it.

Revelation
21:23 - And
the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in
it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light
thereof.

Revelation
21:24 - And
the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it:
and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into
it.

Revelation
21:35 - And
the gates of it shall nto be shut at all by day: for there shall
be no night there.

Revelation
21:27 - And
there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth,
neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they
which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Revelation
22:1 - And
he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal,
proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Revelation
21:2 - In
the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river,
was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manners of fruit,
and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree
where for the healing of the nations.

Revelation
21:3 - And
there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the
Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

Revelation
21:4 - And
they shall see his face, and his name shall be in their foreheads.

Revelation
21:5 - And
thee shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither
light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they
shall reign for ever and ever.

OLD
TESTAMENT (King James Version)

11
Kings 2:11
- And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that,
behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and
parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into
heaven.

Job
3:17 -
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at
rest.

Psalms
16:11 -
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of
joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Psalms
17:15 - As
for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be
satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Psalms
23:6 -
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Psalms
24:3 - Who
shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his
holy place.